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Horatio Ogden Nelson^{[1, 2]}
1866 - 1945

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• Nickname	Ogden
  Baptism	PRHPS 1866	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [3]
  	Address: 129 Willow Street
  Birth	7 Sep 1866	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  	Address: 129 Willow Street
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	New York, New York, NY   [4]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Census	1880	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [7]
  	Address: Vernon avenue
  	He was living with his parents.
  Residence	1895	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [8]
  	on Woosley St.
  Census	1900	Queens Co., NY   [5]
  Occupation	1900  [5, 9]
  	banker
  	In 1894, along with his father Alfred and other investor, he was also a principal in the Lothair Bank Note Company.
  Census	1920	New York, New York, NY   [10]
  	Address: 1328 Madison avenue
  	In his household were his wife, Charlotte A., and daughters Emily O. and Beatrice B. He was the chief clerk at a rope company.
  Misc	Nov 1937	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  	broke his arm
  	Address: Beaver Dam Road
  	He was going up the walk to his home on Beaver Dam road.
  Reference Number	Ogden 2429  [6]
  Died	8 May 1945	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 12]
  	Cause: at his home
  	Address: Beaver Dam Road
  Buried	10 Jun 1945	Brooklyn (Green-Wood Cemetery), Kings, NY   [2, 12, 13]
  	Address: lot 1925, plot 160
  Person ID	I5958	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Alfred Nelson, ^,   b. 21 Dec 1837, New York, New York, NY ,   d. 25 Mar 1922, {Flushing, Queens, NY}
  Mother	Emily Fairlie Ogden, >,   b. 1 Oct 1838, Philadelphia, PA ,   d. 3 Aug 1923, Flushing, Queens, NY
  Married	21 Aug 1860	Ravenswood, Long Island City, Queens, NY
  Census	1880	Long Island City, Queens, NY
  	Address: Vernon avenue
  Documents		Ketcham/Nelson farmstead "Middlebrook" ..The original house was probable built about 1793 by Isaac and Scudder Ketcham. Purchased by Alfred Nelson in 1906. This document is Site Datasheet Br06A, and includes both historical and modern pictures.
  Family ID	F2110	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Charlotte Amelia Southgate,   b. Abt 1869,   d. 11 Dec 1956, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  Married	20 Jun 1895	Long Island City, Queens, NY   [2, 6, 8]
  	They were married in the Church of the Redeemer by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Edmund D Cooper. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Richard King Southgate. There were no bridesmaids or maid of honor. The best man was Norman Nelson, and the ushers were Heath Bartow, Winthrop Turney, Desmond Nelson, and Allan Campbell Nelson.
  Residence	1944	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [14]
  	Address: Beaver Dam road
  Children	1. Emily Nelson, <,   b. 1 Feb 1897,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Beatrice Beirean Nelson, <,   b. 12 Mar 1901, Flushing, Queens, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Documents		Originally built about 1929/30 for H. Ogden Nelson, later owned by George Perley Morse Family. .. this document is the data sheet (Br24A.1-S) for this site.
  Family ID	F2114	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Obituary: Emily Ogden. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. [S1050] Nelson Family Group Sheets, 2013. Horatio was Babtized at 129 Willow Street by the Rev. John P. Appleton. Sponsors: Florence Ogden and Horatio Nelson. Rev. John P. Appleton was the husband of Anna Jones Appleton, youngest child of William and Helena Nelson. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: New York Ward 19 District 9, New York, New York; Roll: M593_1003; Page: 286; Image: 573.. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Queens Ward 3, Queens, New York; Roll: T623 1149; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 661.. [S978] Ogden Family in America, http://books.google.com/books?id=L3JVAAAAMAAJ&prin., p. 277. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 422.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384.. [S203] Marriage Announcement: Nelson - Southgate. [S980] American Printer and Lithographer, p. 165. The Lothair Bank Note Company has been incorporated to carry on an engraving and printing business, and to manufacture all kinds of stationary and paper supplies, in New York City. Capital, $2,000, and directors H. Ogden Nelson and Alfred Nelson, of Astoria; Henry B. Barber and George Benjamin, of New York city. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 15, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1214; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 1100; Image: 129.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 29 Nov 2012. From the Archives of the Long Island Advance, 75 Years Ago. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 10 May 1945, p. 4. Horatio Ogden Nelson, aged 78, died Tuesday at his home on Beaver Dam road Brookhaven. Born in Brooklyn, he had lived in Brookhaven for 13 years. Mr. Nelson, who operated a collection agency in Brookhaven in recent years, formerly was associated for nearly 50 years with the Wall Rope works of New York, which he served as secretary. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Charlotte A. Nelson of Brookhaven; two daughters, Mrs Emily N. Maxwell of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. Beatrice B. Rosenquest of South Orange, N.J.; three brothers, Norman F. Nelson, Desmond Nelson, both of Brookhaven, and Allan Nelson of Florida, and five grandchildren. The funeral service was held at 12:30 p.m. today in the St. James Episcopal church, Brookhaven, the Rev. Howard Clark, rector, officiating. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. [S982] Green Wood Cemetery Burials, accessed; 28 October 2012. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 31 Aug 1944, p. 10. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ogden Nelson of Beaver Dam [road] entertained over the week-end their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rosenquist of South Orange who brought with them their two daughters, Betty and Emily Ogden Rosenquist, also Mrs. Eugene Rosenquist of Bronkville and her son, "Gene" and his wife and daughter from Port Chester.